New to EPIC charting in Main OR

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Epic Charting in the Main OR. Transitioning from Cerner to Epic. What are the Pros and Cons about Epic?

Any tips will be helpful.

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Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.

Facilities can do a good bit of customizing, so it would be best to reach out to your designated "super user" or IS training team for the specifics of your facility. Not familiar with Cerner, but when we went live with Epic from paper charting, it was a bit of a struggle, especially for those not computer savvy. However, most of us are able to pretty much document an entire case in a short amount of time because it's much easier than paper.

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It’s day 3. It’s been a bit hectic. LOL!! Our super users went to one additional class, and they have just as many questions as the rest of us. ?

It’s nice having the scanner, but so much isn’t showing up, so we are having to enter a lot still.

I miss having a dressings tab and also my tab for foleys. We are having to hunt for it with epic. ??‍♀️

So many questions.......

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I used cerner my entire career before moving to an epic facility 1.5 years ago. I used Cerner both at my main job and my side gig, and both had fairly different builds.

I have to say, I like it as lot more than Cerner. Once you get used to it i think you'll like it too. Of course, it will depend on how your facility built it though.

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2 hours ago, MiahScrub1998 said:

I miss having a dressings tab and also my tab for foleys. We are having to hunt for it with epic. ??‍♀️

And that speaks to the customization! We have a site completion section to document dressings and a lines/drains/assessments section of our own to document anything that was placed (foley, invasive monitors, drains, incisions, etc.) that flows over to what the floor nurses would see so that we never have to leave the OR navigator.

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On 5/8/2019 at 11:41 AM, Rose_Queen said:

And that speaks to the customization! We have a site completion section to document dressings and a lines/drains/assessments section of our own to document anything that was placed (foley, invasive monitors, drains, incisions, etc.) that flows over to what the floor nurses would see so that we never have to leave the OR navigator.

Agreed. I am part of a working group for implementing EPIC across my hospital and the LDA page really excites me!

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